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Visa Immonen: Curriculum vitae
1. Full name and date
Name Visa Aleksis Immonen
Gender Male
Date of writing the CV 3/3/2016
2. Date and place of birth, nationality, current residence
Date of birth 19/1/1977
Place of birth Parainen, Finland
Citizenship Finland
Current residence Los Angeles, USA
E-mail: VImmonen@getty.edu, visa.immonen@utu.fi
3. Education and degrees awarded
Adjunct professor (‘Docent’) in Archaeology 4/8/2011
Department of Archaeology, University of Turku
Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Archaeology, University of Turku 1/3/2010
Thesis grade: laudatur (the highest grade)
Master of Arts, Department of Archaeology, University of Turku 12/4/2001
Major: Archaeology
Minors: Cultural History, Art History, Classical Archaeology
Matriculation examination, Leppävirta, Finland 3/6/1995
4. Other education and training
Gender Studies, Intermediary Studies (75 ECTS credits = 2,250 hours of work) 30/11/2009
University of Turku
Philosophy, Basic Studies (25 ECTS credits = 750 hours of work) 28/1/2009
University of Turku
Cultural and Economic Assimilation in Medieval Northern Europe 20/8/2004
(8 ECTS credits = 240 hours of work)
PhD course organised by the Department of History, Renvall Institute, and
Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of Helsinki
Archaeology: The Theory and History of the Discipline 10/11/2003
(5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work)
PhD course organised by the Danish PhD School in Archaeology
Petra, Jordan, 3–10/11/2003

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Public Relations and Editing (10 ECTS credits = 30 hours of work) 8/3/2001
Brahea Centre for Training and Development
University of Turku
Exchange student 2000, 6 months
Studies in Classical and Medieval Archaeology
Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France
Introduction to Classical Studies (8 ECTS credits = 240 hours of work) 1997, 1 month
Institutum Romanum Finlandiae, Rome, Italy
See also the section ‘9. Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence: Pedagogical competence’.
5. Linguistic skills
Finnish mother tongue
English excellent
Swedish good
French good
German good
Italian basics
Latin basics
6. Current position
(Assistant Professor 1/8/2016–31/7/2021)
Cultural Heritage Studies, University of Helsinki
(Senior research scholar 1/7–31/7/2016)
Project: At the Dawn of the Middle Ages
Funded by Kone Foundation
Getty Residential Postdoctoral Fellow 21/9/2015–24/6/2016
Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, USA
7. Previous work experience
Senior research fellow 1/1/2015–20/9/2015
Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku
Senior research scholar 2014, 5 months
Funded by Kone Foundation
Research fellow 2011–2014, 36 months
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki
Visiting scholar 2012, 3 months

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Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, UK
Visiting scholar 2010–2011, 12 months
Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford University, USA
Visiting scholar 2010, 10 weeks
Villa Karo, Finnish-African Cultural Centre, Grand-Popo, Benin
Research scholar 2008–2009, 12 months
The project: A portrait of art history: Critical approaches to the
Finnish art history and historians
Department of Art History, University of Helsinki
Salaried doctoral student 2006–2007, 24 months
Finnish Graduate School in Archaeology
Travel organiser for the Royal Archaeological Institute, London, UK 2005
Annual Summer Meeting in Finland, 10–17/7/2005
Organiser for the tour in Southwest Finland, 14–16/7/2005
Visiting scholar 2005, 2 months
Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior (CSDI)
The Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB)
Royal College of Art, London, UK
Acting assistant 2004–2005, 5 months
Research scholar 2004–2006, 24 months
The project: Medieval urban life in motion – challenges and
possibilities for archaeological understanding of a town (Turku, Finland)
Editorial secretary 2004, 12 months
Fennoscandia archaeologica, annual archaeological journal
Researcher in a multimedia project 2001, 4 weeks
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland
Research assistant 2001, 4 weeks
Fieldworker 2000, 8 weeks
The Finnish Jabal Haroun Project, Petra, Jordan
The Nemi Villa Project, Lago di Niemi, Italy
Post-excavation assistant 1999, 4 weeks
Turku Provincial Museum, Turku, Finland
Fieldworker 1998–1999, 5 weeks

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Guernsey Museums and Galleries, Guernsey, UK
National Board of Antiquities, Helsinki, Finland
8. Research funding, leadership and supervision
Research funding
TOP Foundation, 515 € 2014
Project: The analysis of the medieval reliquary at Jurmo Chapel
Finnish Society for Scientific Information, 97,825 € 2014
Project: The Middle Ages in your mobile – A project producing a mobile app on the results of
archaeological excavations in the town of Turku
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, 28,000 € 2014
Post-doctoral grant: Convents and monasteries as hubs of material culture in medieval
Finland
Oskar Öflund Foundation, 4,000 € 2014
Project: Detecting the assumed remains of the Bridgettine Nunnery in Masku with a ground-
penetrating radar
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, 2,000 € 2014
Project: The Spatial Organisation of the Medieval Dominican Convent in Turku
Research team: Dr Visa Immonen, Dr Janne Harjula, Dr Tanja Ratilainen
Turku University Foundation, 2,000 € 2014
Project: Detecting the assumed remains of the Bridgettine Nunnery in Masku with a ground-
penetrating radar
Finnish Cultural Foundation, South-West Finland Regional Fund, 6,000 € 2014
Project: The Spatial Organisation of the Medieval Dominican Convent in Turku
Research team: Dr Visa Immonen, Dr Janne Harjula, Dr Tanja Ratilainen
Finnish Cultural Foundation, 50,000 € 2014
A grant for organizing interdisciplinary workshops in 2014–2016: Material Culture, Gender
and Interdisciplinary Analyses: A Multidisciplinary Workshop for Historians, Archaeologists
and Art Historians Specialised in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period
Organisers: Dr Anu Lahtinen, Dr Visa Immonen, Dr Elina Räsänen
Kone Foundation, 181,850 € 2014–2016
Research team: Dr Janne Harjula, Dr Visa Immonen, Dr Tanja Ratilainen
Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (TUCEMEMS), 1,000 € 2012
Travel grant
Finnish Cultural Foundation, South-West Finland Regional Fund, 11,000 € 2011

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Alumni Association of the University of Turku, 1,200 € 2010
Travel grant
Jutikkala Fund, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 24,000 € 2009
Post-doctoral grant
Alumni Association of the University of Turku, 2,000 € 2009
500 € for an AMS dating of the medieval crosier at Turku Cathedral
500 € for writing an article on medieval goldsmithing in Turku
1,000 € for the publication of doctoral dissertation
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 3,000 € 2008
Language revision of doctoral dissertation
Alfred Kordelin Foundation, 9,000 € 2008
Grant for doctoral research
Kone Foundation, 10,200 € 2008
Visiting Scholars’ Scheme (2004–2005), 2,430 € (£2,000) 2004
Arts and Humanities Research Board: Centre for the Study of the Domestic Interior
Royal College of Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, and Bedford Centre, Royal Holloway,
University of London
Danish PhD School in Archaeology, 269 € (2,000 DKK) 2003
Travel grant
Emil Aaltonen Foundation, 1,500 € 2002
Grant for research in London, UK
Turku University Foundation, 6,900 € 2002
Finnish Institute for Russian and East European Studies, 243 € (1,445 FIM) 2001
Grant for participating in urban excavations at Viborg, Russia
Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation, 8,409 € (50,000 FIM) 2001

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Socrates/Erasmus student grant, 757 € (4,500 FIM) 2000
Grant for studies in Classical and Medieval Archaeology
Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France
Alumni Association of the University of Turku, 672 € (4,000 FIM) 2000
Grant for the preparation of an MA thesis
Heikki and Hilma Honkanen Foundation, 841 € (5,000 FIM) 1999
Fredrik, Elsa and Terttu Walkonen Foundation, 606 € (3,600 FIM) 1999
Research projects
The Spatial Organisation of the Medieval Dominican Convent in Turku
Director: Dr Visa Immonen
Research team: Dr Janne Harjula and Dr Tanja Ratilainen
At the Dawn of the Middle Ages: The 13th-Century Episcopal See of Koroinen in Turku and the
Culture of Christianity in Finland, 2010–
Research team: Dr Janne Harjula, Dr Visa Immonen and Dr Tanja Ratilainen
Preparation of successful funding applications for a research group
Old Things Seen through New Eyes: Expanding the Borders of Archaeological Study of Finnish
Artefacts, 2008–2010
Directed by Prof. J.-P. Taavitsainen
Funded by the Academy of Finland
My contribution to the project: Examining themes related to my PhD project
Memberships in research projects
A Portrait of Art History: Critical Approaches to the Finnish Art History and Historians, 2008–
2011
Directed by Dr Renja Suominen-Kokkonen
Department of Art History, University of Helsinki
My contribution to the project: Examining the history of antiquarian art history, and writing
the biography of Juhani Rinne
The Medieval Relics of Turku Cathedral, 2007–
My contribution to the project: The research history of medieval relics, and medieval
corporeality in relation to relics
Medieval Urban Life in Motion: Challenges and Possibilities for Archaeological Understanding of

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a Town (Turku, Finland), 2004–2006
From Village into Town: Changing Ways of Life in South-West Finland from the 10th to the 16th
century, 2001–2003
Memberships in research networks
New Materialism: Networking European Scholarship on ‘How Matter Comes to Matter’ (COST
Action IS1307), 2014–2017
Directed by Dr Iris van der Tuin, Utrecht University
European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST)
Medieval Gender History, 2010–2012
Directed by Dr Christine Ekholst, University of Guelph, and Dr Anu Lahtinen, University of
Helsinki
Funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond
Visions of the Past: Images as Historical Sources and the History of Art History, 2008–2011
Directed by Dr Renja Suominen-Kokkonen, University of Helsinki
Funded by NordForsk
Supervision of doctoral dissertations: Currently supervising
Kinnunen, Joonas: Trade in Medieval Turku. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku,
1/6/2015.
Marila, Marko: Abductive reasoning as the basis of information production and interpretation in
archaeology. Department of Archaeology, University of Helsinki, 1/1/2012.
Pellinen, Hanna-Maria: Medieval vicarages in Finland. Department of Archaeology, University of
Turku, 13/11/2013.
Supervision of MA theses: Currently supervising
Degerholm, Lea: Artefacts of iron at the Aboa Vetus Museum. Department of Archaeology,
University of Turku.
Hirsimäki, Emma: The prehistoric exhibitions of the Nordic national museums. Department of
Archaeology, University of Helsinki.
Pajari, Sisko Maria: Modern book clasps from Finnish church excavations. Department of

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Archaeology, University of Helsinki.
Ruuskanen, Essi: Medieval jewellery in Uusimaa, Finland. Department of Archaeology, University
of Helsinki.
Supervision of MA theses: Completed
Arponen, Aki 2013. Turun tuomiokirkon keskiaikainen kalloreliikki [The medieval skull relic of
Turku Cathedral]. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku.
Hartikka, Emma 2015. Posliini- ja fajanssiastiat osana uuden ajan kulutuskulttuuria Turussa
[Porcelain and faiance vessels as part of modern consumption culture in Turku]. Turku:
Department of Archaeology, University of Turku.
Heinonen, Tuuli 2014. Kauppiaita, talonpoikia vai ratsumiehiä? 1500–1600-luvun maaseudun
mikroarkeologiaa Vantaan Mårtensbym Lillaksen tilalla [Merchants, farmers or cavalrymen? The
rural microarchaeology of 16th- and 17th-century Lillas Farm in Mårtensby, Vantaa]. Department
of Archaeology, University of Helsinki.
Helminen, Mikko 2014. Kruununhospitaalien sosiaalinen ympäristö: Tutkimus Seilin ja
Kruunupyyn hospitaalien eristysalueista 1600- ja 1700-luvuilla [The social environment of the
Crown’s hospitals: A study on the confined areas in Seili and Kruunupyy Hospitals in the 17th and
18th centuries]. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku.
Kinnari, Mikko 2015. Arkeologian medianäkyvyys Suomessa [Archaeology in Finnish news media].
Helsinki: Department of Archaeology, University of Helsinki.
Koivukari, Aino 2006. Kivimateriaalin käyttö hautamonumenteissa Pavian roomalaisaikaisilla
nekropoleilla: Lähestymistapana sosiaalinen horisontaalistratigrafia [The use of stone in the
necropoles of Pavia during the Antiquity: Social horizontal stratigraphy]. Department of
Archaeology, University of Turku.
Lönnberg, Päivi 2007. Sormuksia päästä varpaisiin: Euran, Köyliön ja Yläneen merovinki- ja
viikinkiaikaisten ruumishautojen sormukset [Rings from head to toe: The finger rings of the
Merovingian Period and Viking Age inhumation graves in Eura, Köyliö and Yläne]. Department of
Marila, Marko 2011. Archaeology and Authenticity. Department of Archaeology, University of
Helsinki.
Moilanen, Ulla 2013. Merovingiajan (n. 550–800 jKr.) rautaiset sankasoljet Archaeology of
Personhood -teorian valossa [Handle brooches of iron during the Merovingian Period (c. AD 550–
800) in the light of the archaeology of personhood]. Department of Archaeology, University of
Turku.
Nyholm, Mikael 2012. Visuaalinen arkeologia: Näköaloja menneisyyteen – tulevaisuudessa [Visual
Archaeology: Perspectives on the past – in the future]. Department of Archaeology, University of
Helsinki.
Pajunen, Elina 2007. Mistä oli miehet ja naiset tehty: Katsaus kolmen Keski-Andien alueen
esikolumbiaanisen kulttuurin ihanteellisen sukupuolisuuden käsityksiin [What were men and women

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made of: Perspectives on the conceptions of ideal gender in three Pre-Columbian cultures in the
Central Andes]. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku.
Rönkä, Minna 2014. Ihmis- ja kulttuurikuva suomalaisessa esihistorian näyttelyssä [The
representation of humans and cultures in prehistory exhibitions at Finnish museums]. Department
of Museology, University of Helsinki.
Rontti, Elina 2014. Käytännöllisyyttä ja koristelua – vaatteenkiinnittimien historiaa ja
kiinnitinlöytöjä Turusta [Functional and decorative – The history of dress hooks, and
archaeological finds from Turku]. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku.
Väisänen, Tuija 2013. Keskiajan naisia etsimässä: Gendernäkökulma Naantalin
birgittalaisluostarin arkeologiseen tutkimukseen [Looking for medieval women: Gender perspective
on the archaeological research of the Bridgettine Nunnery in Naantali]. Department of
9. Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence
Pedagogical competence
University Pedagogy, Basic Studies (25 ECTS credits = 750 hours of work) 2/6/2014
Centre for Research and Development of Higher Education, University of Helsinki
Consists of the following courses:
§ Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
§ Constructive Alignment in Course Design
§ Academic Supervising
§ Assessment of Learning Practices, and Quality of Teaching
§ Development of Teaching, and Practical Training
PhD Supervision Seminar 9/3/2012
Instructor: Gitte Wichmann-Hansen, Aarhus University
Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki
Lecture: The Significance of Interaction Theories for Group Learning 19/9/2013
Pedagogical Café, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki
Teaching experience
Immonen, Visa; Harjula, Janne & Salonen, Kirsi 2016. Turun keskiaika kännykässä – Digitaaliset
ihmistieteet käytännössä [The Middle Ages of Turku in your mobile – Digital humanities in
practice], 5 ECTS = 100 hours of work. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku, Spring
2016.
Immonen, Visa 2015–2016. Kulttuuriperintö ja nykyaika – Johdatus kulttuuriperinnön tutkimiseen
[Cultural Heritage and the Modern Age – Introduction to Cultural Heritage Studies]. MOOC, Basic
level, 5 ECTS = 100 hours of work. <http://mooc.helsinki.fi/> Cultural Heritage Studies, Open
University, University of Helsinki, September 2015–June 2016.

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Immonen, Visa 2015. Ekskursio esihistoriaan ja keskiaikaan [Excursion to the prehistory and the
Middle Ages]. 3 hours of lectures, one-day excursion, Intermediate level, 5 ECTS = 100 hours of
work. Open University, University of Helsinki, 11/9–2/10/2015.
Immonen, Visa 2015. Johdatus kulttuuriperinnön tutkimiseen [Introduction to Cultural Heritage
Studies]. 15 hours of lectures, Basic level, 5 ECTS = 100 hours of work. Cultural Heritage Studies,
Open University, University of Helsinki, May 2015.
Immonen, Visa 2015. Mitä tarkoittaa kulttuuriperinnön diskursiivisuus? [What does the discursivity
of cultural heritage mean?] 2-hour lecture as part of the series Kulttuuriperinnön teoria [Theories of
cultural heritage studies / Basic level], 5 ECTS = 100 hours of work. Cultural Heritage Studies,
University of Helsinki, 14/4/2015.
Immonen, Visa 2015. Esineiden ja niiden koskettamisen sukupuolittuneisuus ja seksuaalisuus
keskiajalla [The gendered and sexualised touching of artefacts in the Middle Ages]. 2-hour lecture
as part of the series Katso, kuule ja tunne: Ruumiillisuuden ja sukupuolen moniaistisia merkityksiä
keskiajalla [Look, hear and feel: Multisensory meanings of corporeality and gender in the Middle
Ages / Intermediate and advanced levels]. 2/5 ECTS credits = 40/100 hours of work. Department of
Art History, University of Helsinki, 1/4/2015.
Immonen, Visa 2015. Pyhäinjäännökset keskiajan hartauselämässä [Relics in the medieval
devotional life]. 2-hour lecture as part of the series Katso, kuule ja tunne: Ruumiillisuuden ja
sukupuolen moniaistisia merkityksiä keskiajalla [Look, hear and feel: Multisensory meanings of
corporeality and gender in the Middle Ages / Intermediate and advanced levels]. 2/5 ECTS credits =
40/100 hours of work. Department of Art History, University of Helsinki, 25/3/2015.
Immonen, Visa 2015. Kirkkohistoria ja keskiajan arkeologia – tekstien, esineiden ja
hartauskäytäntöjen ristiaallokossa [Church history and medieval archaeology – The intersections of
texts, artefacts and devotional practices]. 2-hour lecture as part of the series Kirkkohistorian
perusopinnot I [Introduction to Church History I / Basic level]. 6 ECTS credits = 120 hours of
work. Department of Church History, University of Helsinki, 2/2/2015.
Immonen, Visa 2015. Metallinilmaisimet ja esinekulttuurin historiaa Suomessa [Metal detectors and
the history of artefact culture in Finland]. 2-hour lecture as part of the series Esinetutkimus
arkeologian ja kulttuuritieteiden lähteenä [Artefact studies as a source of archaeology and cultural
studies / Intermediate and advanced levels]. 3 ECTS credits = 90 hours of work. Department of
Archaeology, University of Turku, 15/1/2015.
Immonen, Visa 2014. Esineet, biografiat ja arkeologia – lähtökohtia aineellisen kulttuurin
tutkimukseen [Artefacts, biographies and archaeology – perspectives on material culture studies]. 2-
hour lecture as part of the series Esinetutkimus arkeologian ja kulttuuritieteiden lähteenä [Artefact
studies as a source of archaeology and cultural studies / Intermediate and advanced levels]. 3 ECTS
credits = 90 hours of work. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku, 14/11/2014.
Immonen, Visa 2014. Kirkollisen esineistön muutoksia Suomessa ortodoksian ajalla 1590–1720
[The development of liturgical equipment in Finland during the period of orthodoxy, 1590–1720].
2-hour lecture as part of the series Kirkkotila ja sen muutokset Suomessa luterilaisen ortodoksian
aikana noin 1590–1720: Uusi teologia – uusi visuaalinen ilme [Ecclesiastical space and its
development in Finland during the age of the Lutheran orthodoxy c. 1590–1720: New theology –
New visuality / Intermediate and advanced levels]. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work.
Department of Art history, University of Helsinki, March–April 2014.

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Immonen, Visa 2014. Ylellisyyden arkeologiaa – teorioita ja menetelmiä (KAR331 / KAR332 /
KAR905) [The archaeology of luxury – theories and methods / Advanced level]. 6 hours of lectures,
and 8 hours of seminars. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Department of Archaeology,
University of Helsinki, January–March 2014.
Immonen, Visa 2013. Seksuaalisuuden arkeologiaa [Archaeology of sexuality]. 2-hour lecture as
part of the series KAR211 Arkeologian teoria ja metodologia (5 op) [Theories and methods in
archaeology / Intermediate level]. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Department of
Archaeology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 13/11/2013.
Immonen, Visa 2013. Johdantoluennot esineellisen kulttuurin tarkastelemisesta,
käsitteellistämisestä ja tiedollisesta käsittelemisestä [Introductory courses to the study and
conceptualisation of material culture]. 6 hours of lectures as part of the series A2 Aineellinen
kulttuuriperintö [Material cultural heritage / Intermediate level]. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of
work. Department of Museology, University of Turku, Turku, 23–24/9/2013.
Immonen, Visa 2013. Kirkollinen esineistö [Ecclesiastical objects]. 3 hours of lectures as part of the
series Kivestä ja puusta: Suomen keskiaikaiset kirkot [Of stone and wood: Medieval Churches in
Finland / Intermediate and Advanced levels]. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Open
University, Helsinki, August 2013.
Hiekkanen, Markus; Immonen, Visa & Räsänen, Elina 2013. Tila, kuva, esine – Keskiajan taide
Suomessa [Space, image, artefact – Medieval art in Finland / Advanced and intermediate levels]. 23
hours of lectures, and a fieldtrip. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Department of Archaeology,
University of Helsinki, March–May 2013.
Immonen, Visa 2013. Esinebiografisen tutkimuksen teorioita ja menetelmiä [Theories and methods
of studying artefact biographies / Advanced level]. 6 hours of lectures, and 8 hours of seminars. 5
ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Department of Archaeology, University of Helsinki, January–
March 2013.
Immonen, Visa 2012. Body, Space and Gender in Medieval Archaeology. A 2-hour lecture in the
series Issues and Debates in Medieval Archaeology. Department of Archaeology, University of
Reading, UK, 4/12/2012.
Immonen, Visa 2012. Aristocracy and Conspicuous Consumption in 12th-Century Scandinavia. A
2-hour lecture in the series Expansion or Contraction in 12th Century England? Department of
Archaeology, University of Reading, UK, 29/11/2012.
Immonen, Visa 2011. Johdantoluennot esineellisen kulttuurin tarkastelemisesta,
käsitteellistämisestä ja tiedollisesta käsittelemisestä [Introductory courses to the study and
conceptualisation of material culture]. 6 hours of lectures as part of the series A2 Aineellinen
kulttuuriperintö [Material cultural heritage / Intermediate level]. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of
work. Department of Museology, University of Turku, Turku, 19/9/2011 and 26/9/2011.
Immonen, Visa 2010. Ylellisyyden arkeologisen tutkimuksen teoreettisia ja metodisia lähtökohtia
[Theoretical and methodological perspectives on the archaeological study of luxury.] A 2-hour
lecture in the series KAR212/231/332 Historiallisen esinetutkimuksen erityiskysymyksiä [Special
issues of material culture during the historical period / Advanced level]. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours
of work. Department of Archaeology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 8/4/2010.
Immonen, Visa 2009. Historiallisen ajan esinekulttuuri [Artefactual culture during the historical

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period / Advanced level]. A 2-hour lecture in the series S1 Johdanto rautakauden ja historiallisen
ajan tutkimukseen [Introduction to the study of the Iron Age and Historical period / Advanced
level]. 4 ECTS credits = 120 hours of work. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku,
Turku, Finland, 16/4/2009.
Immonen, Visa 2008. Johdatus aineellisen kulttuurin tutkimukseen [Introduction to the material
culture studies / Basic level]. 12 hours of lectures, 10 of hours of tutoring. 4 ECTS credits = 120
hours of work. Museum Studies and Material Culture, School of Cultural Production and Landscape
Studies, The Pori University Consortium, Pori, Finland, Spring 2008.
Valovirta, Elina & Immonen, Visa 2007. Naistutkimuksen klassikot [Seminar on the classics of the
Women’s Studies / Basic level]. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Department of Women’s
Studies, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Spring 2007.
Immonen, Visa 2007. Arkeologian teoria- ja metodiopinnot [Theory and method in archaeology /
Intermediate level]. 6 hours of lectures and an essay. 6 ECTS credits = 180 hours of work.
Department of Archaeology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Autumn 2007.
Immonen, Visa 2007. Two lectures (4 hours) in the series S1 Johdanto rautakauden ja historiallisen
ajan tutkimukseen [Introduction to the study of the Iron Age and Historical period / Advanced
level]. 4 ECTS credits = 120 hours of work. Department of Archaeology, University of Turku,
Turku, Finland, Spring 2007.
Immonen, Visa 2006. Historiallisen ajan arkeologia [Historical archaeology / Basic level]. 16
hours of lectures. 6 ECTS credits = 180 hours of work. The Folk High School of Finland Proper,
Paimio, Finland. A course of Open University, Spring 2006.
Immonen, Visa 2005. Arkeologian historiaa Suomessa ja arkeologisen teorian pääsuuntauksia
[The history of archaeology in Finland, and the history of theory in archaeology / Basic level]. 4
hours of lectures. The Folk High School of Finland Proper, Paimio, Finland. A course of the Open
University, 26/9/2005.
hours of lectures. The Folk High School of Finland Proper, Paimio, Finland. A course of the Open
University, Spring 2005.
Immonen, Visa 2004–2005. Proseminar for BA students. Department of Archaeology, University of
Turku, Turku, Finland, the academic term 2004–2005.
hours of lectures. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Department of Archaeology, University of
Turku, Turku, Finland, Spring 2004.
Immonen, Visa 2003–2008. Desiging a module on Gender Archaeology, and grading exams.

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Department of Women’s Studies, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Autumn 2003–Spring 2008.
Immonen, Visa 2002. Arkeologian teorian ABC [The ABC of theoretical archaeology / Intermediate
level]. 8 hours of lectures. 5 ECTS credits = 150 hours of work. Department of Archaeology,
University of Turku, Turku, Finland, Autumn 2002.
10. Awards, prizes and honours
Prize for outstanding dissertation awarded by the University Society of Turku 2/9/2010
11. Other academic merits
Pre-examiner of a doctoral dissertation
Tiina Kuokkanen, Department of Archaeology, University of Oulu 2015
Memberships in review panels, and participation in application review
National Science Centre, Poland 2016
European Commission / Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME)
Unit B.2: Horizon 2020 Environment & Resources 2015
Kone Foundation 2015
Juno – Doctoral Program for History, Culture and Arts, University of Turku 2014–2015
European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) 2014
Czech Science Foundation 2014
Fulbright Center, Finland 2011
Estonian Research Council 2011
Positions of trust
Member of the Board of the Finnish Society of Church History (SKHS) 2014–
Member of the Scholarly Delegation of the ARTEFACTA network, Helsinki 2010–
Member of the Board of the Eetos Society, Turku 2009–2011
Member of the Board of the Society for Medieval Archaeology in Finland (SKAS) 2006–
Secretary of the Steering Committee of the Finnish Graduate School in Archaeology 2006–2007
Member of the Board of the Finnish Society for Classical Archaeology (SKLAS) 1998–2003
Referee for scientific and scholarly journals
2015
• JONAS – Journal of Nordic Archaeological Science. 1 article.
2014
• Artefactum. 1 article.
• Historiallinen Aikakauskirja [Historical Journal]. 1 article.
2013

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• Beaudry, Mary C. & Parno, Travis G. (eds.), Archaeologies of Mobility and Movement. New
York: Springer. 2 articles.
• Historiallinen Aikakauskirja [Historical Journal]. 3 articles.
2012
• Historiallinen Aikakauskirja [Historical Journal]. 1 article.
• Vakkari, Johanna (ed.) 2012, Tieteidenvälisyys ja rajanylitykset taidehistoriassa: Annika
Waenerbergin juhlakirja [Interdisciplinarity and border crossings in art history: The
festschrift of Annika Waenerberg]. (Taidehistoriallisia tutkimuksia – Konsthistoriska studier
– Studies in Art History 44.) Helsinki: Taidehistorian seura. 2 articles.
2011
• Tahiti: Taidehistoria tieteenä [Tahiti: Art history as a discipline] 2/2011. <www.tahiti.fi> 1
article.
2010
• Interarchaeologia. 1 article.
2007
• Suomen Museo [Finland’s Museum]. 1 article.
• Trames: A Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 1 article.
2005
• Graham-Campbell, James & Valor, Magdalena (eds.) 2007. The Archaeology of Medieval
Europe: Vol. 1: Eighth to Twelfth Centuries AD. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press. 1 article.
2002
• Seppänen, Liisa (ed.) 2003. Kaupunkia pintaa syvemmältä: Arkeologisia näkökulmia Turun
historiaan [Beneath the city’s surface: Archaeological perspectives on the history of Turku].
(Archaeologia Medii Aevi Finlandiae 9.) Turku: TS-Yhtymä ja SKAS. 1 article.
Organisation of scholarly conferences, or sessions in conferences
As a member of the Board of the Society for Medieval Archaeology in Finland (SKAS) since 2006,
I have organised or helped in organising many of the society’s annual seminars.
As a member of the Scholarly Delegation of the ARTEFACTA network since 2010, I have taken
part in organising the network’s conferences.
In 2014, the Finnish Cultural Foundation granted a grant of 50,000 € to Dr Anu Lahtinen, Dr Visa
Immonen and Dr Elina Räsänen. The grant is to be used for organising a series of workshops during
a period of two years. The series is titled Material culture, gender and interdisciplinary analyses: A
multidisciplinary workshop for historians, archaeologist and art historians specialised on the
Middle Ages and Early Modern Period.
Presentations in scholarly conferences
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2016. The Art & Science of Sacred Materiality – Late Medieval
Relics and Reliquaries in Europe as Art Historical Objects. The Getty Scholar Talk. Getty Research
Institute, Los Angeles, USA, 23/5/2016.

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Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa & Kinnunen, Joonas 2016. Networks of Colonialism – The Hansa
in North-Eastern Europe. International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, USA, 12–
15/5/2016.
Immonen, Visa 2015. Border Landscapes and Monasticism – Religious Orders in Medieval
Finland. Monastic Europe: Landscape and Settlement Conference. Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, 22–
25/8/2015.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2015. Luxury and Animals Before the Modern era – Are There
Points of Convergence? Food, Animals, and Luxury: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Turku Institute
for Advanced Studies (TIAS) Seminar. Turku, Finland, 9/6/2015.
Invited speaker: Harjula, Janne & Immonen, Visa 2015. Turun dominikaanikonventti – Kaupungin
ja hiippakunnan voimatekijästä unohdetuksi raunioksi [The Dominican Convent of Turku – From
the powerhouse of town and diocese to a forgotten ruin]. Pohjoinen reformaatio: Seminaari- ja
ideointipäivä kirjan kirjoittajille [Northern Reformation: A seminar and brainstorming day for the
authors of the associated book]. Turku, Finland, 13/2/2015.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2015. The Lives of Luxury – Aristocratic Material Culture in
Medieval and Early Modern Scandinavia. The Brown Bag Series. Turku Institute for Advanced
Studies. Turku, Finland, 9/2/2015.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2015. Wood as a Medium of Communication – A Long Perspective
on Subarctic Cultures. World Wood Day Symposium 2015. Eskişehir, Istanbul, 21–23/3/2015.
Immonen, Visa 2014. Extracting information through reconstruction: Two case studies of old
urban excavations in Turku, Finland. Conference on Cultural Heritage and New Technologies 19.
Museen der Stadt Wien – Stadtarchäologie, Vienna, Austria, 3–5/11/2014.
Immonen, Visa 2014. Humans, animals and genetics – Living bodies as cultural heritage. The 2nd
Association of Critical Studies Conference, Canberra, Australia, 2–4/12/2014.
Immonen, Visa 2014. Klaus Holman kokoelman lasimaalaukset, metalliesineet ja vanhin
keramiikka [Stained glass, objects of metal, and the oldest ceramics of the Klaus Holma Memorial
Collection]. Klaus Holman muistokokoelmaa käsittelevän seminaari [Conference on the Klaus
Holma Memorial Collection]. Lahti, Finland, 17/12/2014.
Immonen, Visa 2014. Piece by piece – The combination technique of constructing Nordic medieval
jewellery. Metals used in Personal Adornment Conference. The Historical Metallurgy Society.
Birmingham, UK, 31/5/2014–1/6/2014.
Immonen, Visa 2014. Unity in the diversity of methods? The 12th- and 13th-century Hanseatic
bowls found in Finland as a case study. How Do We Study Objects? Analyses in Artefact Studies.
Artefacta: The Finnish Network for Artefact Studies. Helsinki, 8–9/5/2014.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2014. Sexual Metaphors and Material Culture, c. 1400–1600. The
Brown Bag Series. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki,
25/4/2014.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2013. Turun dominikaanikonventti – Uusia näkökulmia
rakenteisiin ja arkeologisiin löytöihin [The Dominican convent in Turku – New perspectives on

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built structures and archaeological finds]. The annual seminar of the Society for Medieval
Archaeology in Finland. Hämeenlinna, Finland, 22/11/2013.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2013. The Homely Form of Otherness? Witchcraft among the
Colonists of New Sweden. Encountering the ‘Other’ – Understanding Oneself: Colonialism, Ethnic
Diversity and Everyday Life in Early Modern Sweden and New Sweden. New Sweden 375th
Anniversary Conference. Lund University, Lund, Sweden, 8–10/11/2013.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2013. The Art of Connecting: Religious Imagery in Secular
Artefacts of Late Medieval Scandinavia. Workshop: Religious Materialities: Exploring the role of
material culture in religious mediation. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University
of Cambridge, UK, 4/5/2013.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2013. Biography as a Tool for Writing the History of
Antiquarianism – The Life and Works of State Archaeologist Juhani Rinne. The Brown Bag Series.
Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 9/4/2013.
Immonen, Visa 2013. From Fragments to Spatial Logic – Reconstructing the Plan of the
Dominican Convent in Turku. Conference on Church Archaeology in the Baltic Sea Region, Turku,
Finland, 26–30/8/2013.
Immonen, Visa 2013. The Modern Movements of the Immobile Medieval – The Sarcophagus of St
Henry at Nousiainen Church. New Materialisms IV – Movement, Aesthetics, Ontology. IV Annual
Conference on the New Materialisms. School of History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of
Turku, Finland, 16–17/5/2013.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2012. The Call of the Woods – Dynamics of Material Culture,
Ethnicity and Subsistence Strategy in the Wilderness of North Eastern Europe c. 1000–1700.
Research seminar. Department of Archaeology, University of Reading, UK, 29/11/2012.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2012. The Dominican Convent of Turku. IX. Kolloquium zur
Stadtarchäologie im Hanseraum 2012. Abteilung Archäologie, Fachbereich Kultur und Bildung,
Archäologie und Denkmalpflege, Lübeck, 5–9/11/2012.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2012. Visuaalisen ja aineellisen kytkentöjä: Esinebiografinen
tutkimusperinne ja sen sovellutuksia [Connections between the visual and material: The theoretical
concept of artefact biography and its applications]. Invited speaker at the PhD Seminar. Department
of Art History, University of Turku, 24/4/2012.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2012. Juhani Rinteen ura keskiajan tutkijana –
elämäkertatutkimuksen rajat ja mahdollisuudet [The career of Juhani Rinne as a medievalist – the
limits and prospects of biographical study.] The meeting of scholars specialised on the history of
antiquarianism. University of Helsinki, 27/3/2012.
Immonen, Visa 2012. Medieval Dress and Dress-accessories as a Religious Interface. Nordic
Theoretical Archaeology Group (NTAG) 2012. University of Oulu, Oulu, 25–28/4/2012.
Immonen, Visa 2012. The Distributed Personhood of the Elite: Medieval and Early Modern
Heraldry in Finland as Material Culture. 9th European Social Science History Conference,
Glasgow, UK, 11–14/4/2012.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2012. Anakronistinen umpikuja? Fenomenologia ja

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ruumiillisuuden tutkimus arkeologiassa. [Anachronistic dead end? Phenomenology and
archaeologies of corporeality]. Presentation at the Philosophical Club for Archaeologists. University
of Helsinki, Helsinki, 25/2/2012.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2012. Premodern Bodies and Modern Histories – Medieval Relics
of Turku Cathedral. The Brown Bag Series. Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University
of Helsinki, Helsinki, 28/2/2012.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2011. ‘He Did Not Assent to Remember’ – Juhani Rinne’s
Criminal Proceedings and the History of Antiquarian Art History. The challenges of biographical
research and present Geschichtskultur of art history. Department of Art History, University of
Helsinki, Helsinki, 8–9/12/2011.
Immonen, Visa 2011. Intercontinental Flows of Desire: Brass Kettles in Lapland and in the Colony
of New Sweden. Contemporary and Historical Archaeology in Theory (CHAT) 2011. Boston
University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 11–13/11/2011.
Immonen, Visa 2011. Representing the History of Turku Cathedral – The Cultural Biography of Its
Architectural Models. Shared Past – Conflicting Histories. Turku Historical Association &
Controlling History Network. University of Turku, Turku, 28–29/9/2011.
Immonen, Visa 2011. Design for Individuality: Contemporary Consumer Products and
Interpassivity in Material Culture. Things in culture, culture in things: V Autumn Conference of the
Centre of Excellence in Cultural Theory. Taru, Estonia, 20–22/10/2011.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2011. Arkeologinen näkökulma Ruotsin siirtokuntaan 1600-luvun
Delawaressa [An archaeological perspective on the 17th-century colony of New Sweden in
Delaware]. Turku Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (TUCEMEMS), University of
Turku, 18/11/2011.
Immonen, Visa 2011. Coherent self and the tradition of scholar biographies – Writing the life of
Finnish State Archaeologist Juhani Rinne. Representing Lives: A Workshop on Biographical
Research. University of Oulu, Oulu, 29–30/9/2011.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2011. Debating Leo Klejn’s Metaarchaeology: Its Intellectual
Background & Contemporary Problem. CentralTAG: The 33rd Annual Theoretical Archaeology
Group Conference, Birmingham, 12–16/12/2011.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2011. Personvapen på finska guld- och silverföremål före 1600
[Coat of arms in artefacts of gold and silver before the year 1600]. 6th Nordic Heraldic Conference.
Collegium Heraldicum Fennicum & Societas Heraldica Scandinavica, Helsingfors, 20–22/5/2011.
Immonen, Visa 2011. Matkalla aistien valtakuntaan? Esineet ja aistimellisuus arkeologian
tutkimuskohteena [Towards the Realm of the Senses? Archaeology and the study of artefacts and
sensory experience]. Esinetutkimus nyt! Esinetutkimusverkosto Artefactan avajaiskonferenssi
[Artefact Studies Now! The opening conference for the Finnish Network for Artefact Studies].
National Museum of Finland, Helsinki, 6–7/10/2011.
Immonen, Visa 2011. Memoryscape for modernity – Two 20th-century restorations of Turku
Cathedral. Imagining Spaces / Places. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 24–26/4/2011.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2010. Boy scouts and engineers of the past? Today’s archaeology

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from a Finnish viewpoint. Archaeology Workshop Series. Stanford Archaeology Center, Stanford,
28/10/2010.
Immonen, Visa 2010. A Catalytic Relationship? Tourism and Medievalism in Finland at the Turn of
the 19th and 20th Centuries. International Medieval Congress 2010. University of Leeds, Leeds,
12–15/7/2010.
Immonen, Visa 2010. Finger of a saint, thumb of a priest: Medieval relics in the Diocese of Turku
and integrity of the body. Religion and the Body – the 21st Donner Institute Symposium. Turku,
16–18/6/2010.
Immonen, Visa 2010. The material past of the early Finnish migration: The life of the settlers in
New Sweden from archaeological perspective. FinnForum IX. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay,
Canada, 26–27/5/2010.
Immonen, Visa 2010. The mess before the modern – Ontological entanglements in Nordic medieval
archaeology. Theoretical Archaeology Group 2010. Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island,
USA, 30/4/2010–2/5/2010.
Harjula, Janne & Immonen, Visa 2009. Reviving old archaeological material – A project analysing
finds from the early medieval fortified site of Koroinen in Turku. Castella Maris Baltici X.
Tammisaari, 24–27/8/2009.
Immonen, Visa 2009. Medievalisms with a difference: The Finnish and Estonian pre-war traditions
of antiquarian art history. The Geographies of Art History in the Baltic Region. Co-organized by
Institute of Art History, Estonian Academy of Art and the Estonian Association of Art Historians,
Tallinn, Estonia, 27–28/11/2009.
Immonen, Visa 2009. Academic Masculinity as a Biographical Problem: Writing the life story of
State Archaeologist Juhani Rinne. Manlighetens långa linjer – Sex sekler av finländsk manshistoria.
University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, 5–6/11/2009.
Immonen, Visa 2009. The underbelly of the modern? Medievality and pre-modernity in Finnish
archaeology. Workshop on the use and critique of social archaeology. Deparment of Archaeology,
University of Oulu, Oulu, 5–6/11/2009.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2009. Where does the scholar stand? The body of Finnish State
Archaeologist Juhani Rinne in pictures. NordForsk network: What do visual representations do?
Processes, perfomativity and tradition. Bergen, Norway, 4–7/9/2009.
Immonen, Visa 2008. Maallinen hopea kirjoissa ja kätköissä: Lähdeaineistojen eroista ja
yhtäläisyyksistä 1500-luvun Suomessa [Secular silver in books and hoards: on the differences and
similarities between source materials in 16th-century Finland]. The annual seminar of the Society
for Medieval Archaeology in Finland. Hämeenlinna, Finland, 21/11/2008.
Immonen, Visa 2008. Nationalism in analysis and in action: The restoration of Turku Cathedral in
1923–1928. Nation, Myth, Science. Finnish Literature Society, Helsinki, Finland, 8/11/2008.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2008. When the nation creeps in: Relating art history and
nationalism in the intellectual biography of Juhani Rinne. The Nordic Network: Encountering the
Past: Theoretical Challenges and Critical Concepts. Pyhtää, Finland, 11–14/9/2008.

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Immonen, Visa 2007. Yhteinen ateria? Ciboriumit keskiajan liturgisessa elämässä [Communal
meal? Ciboriums in the medieval liturgical life]. The annual seminar of the Society for Medieval
Archaeology in Finland. Hämeenlinna, Finland, 16/11/2007.
Immonen, Visa 2007. ‘Capricious contours’: The scholarly tradition and its ways of transforming
silver artefacts into objects of art. Session ”Contesting Forms, Testing Functions: Dynamic
Encounters between Sculpture, Decoration and Design” at the 33rd Annual Conference of the
Association of Art Historians (AAH). Belfast, UK, 12–14/4/2007.
Invited speaker: Immonen, Visa 2005. Archaeological evidence and the changing conceptions of
German influence in the early medieval urbanization of Finland. Planning of medieval towns in the
Baltic. A round-table seminar. Pärnu Museum. Pärnu, Estonia, 12/9/2005.
Immonen, Visa 2004. Eroding images, eroding meanings: Style drift in a 16th-century finger ring
group. Visual, textual and material expressions: the relationship between images, texts and material
culture. The Nordic Graduate School in Archaeology. Athens, Greece, 5–8/10/2004.
Immonen, Visa 2004. Sámi spoons as artefacts of ethnicity: Archaeological reflections on an
ethnographic artefact group. 22nd Nordic Archaeology Conference. Oulu, Finland, 18–23/8/2004.
Immonen, Visa 2004. Networks for identities: The concept of Hanseatic culture and its limits in
medieval archaeology. Cultural and economic assimilation in Medieval Northern Europe. Helsinki
Summer School. Helsinki, Finland, 2–15/8/2004.
Immonen, Visa 2004. Two medieval finger rings as material artefacts: Reflections on
representation and performativity. Material Culture: the 11th Summer School of Cultural Studies.
Jyväskylä, Finland, 8–11/6/2004.
Immonen, Visa & Taavitsainen, Jussi-Pekka 2004. Language, nationalism, and the identity of
archaeologists – the case of Juhani Rinne’s professorship in the 1920s. Histories of Archaeology:
Archives, Ancestors, Practices. Gothenburg, Sweden, 17–19/6/2004.
Immonen, Visa 2003. Is this imitation good enough? The study of gold and silver artefacts in the
perspective of Pierre Bourdieu’s social theory. Danish PhD School in Archaeology. Petra, Jordan,
6/11/2003.
Immonen, Visa 2002. Apostolilusikat Suomessa [Apostle spoons in Finland]. The annual seminar of
the Society for Medieval Archaeology in Finland. Hämeenlinna, Finland, 15/11/2002.
Presentations for the general public
Immonen, Visa 2015. Juhani Rinne – Keskiajan arkeologin lapsuus ja nuoruus Kaarinassa [Juhani
Rinne – The childhood and youth of a medieval archaeologist in Kaarina]. The A. M. Tallgren
Symposium. Kaarina-Seura, Kaarina, 29.8.2015.
Immonen, Visa 2012. Maanalainen Turku – kaivauksia, keskusteluja ja kannuja 1800–1900-luvun
vaihteessa [Underground Turku – Excavations, discussions, and jugs at the turn of the 19th and
20th centuries]. Ohjelmakokonaisuus Kontakti. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum, Turku, 9/5/2012.
Immonen, Visa 2012. Yhdysvaltoja ristiin rastiin [Crisscrossing the USA]. A 2-hour lecture
presented for the Tourism Group. Turku Adult Education Centre, Turku, Finland, 13/3/2012.

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Immonen, Visa 2010. Benin – Pieni tasavalta Länsi-Afrikassa [Benin – A small republic in West
Africa]. A 2-hour lecture presented for the Tourism Group. Turku Adult Education Centre, Turku,
Finland, 6/4/2010.
Immonen, Visa 2010. Jalometalliset kirkkoesineet keskiajalla ja uuden ajan alussa [Ecclesiastical
objects of precious metals in the Middle Ages and the early modern period]. DAMY –
Designmuseon ja Suomen rakenustaiteen museon ystävät ry. Design Museum, Helsinki, Finland,
20/4/2010.
Immonen, Visa 2008. Katoavaisia maalliset rikkaudet – Hopea 1500-luvun Suomessa [Wealth and
luxuries are transitory – Silver in 16th-century Finland]. Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova Museum. Turku,
Finland, 20/8/2008.
Immonen, Visa 2007. Turun tuomiokirkon pyhäinjäännökset ja nykytutkimuksen uudet
mahdollisuudet [The relics of Turku Cathedral and the prospects of modern research]. Arkeologiaa
harrastajille -luentosarja. Turun suomenkielinen työväenopisto. Turku, Finland, 17/10/2007.
Immonen, Visa 2007. Turun tuomiokirkon reliikkien uudet tutkimukset [New research of relics in
Turku Cathedral]. Pyhimykset ja pyhäinjäännökset -seminaari. Lempäälä, Finland, 22/9/2007.
Immonen, Visa 2006. Kristus-kasvot Suomen keskiaikaisessa hartauselämässä [The face of Christ
in the medieval piety in Finland]. The monthly meeting of the Finnish Society of Church History.
Helsinki, Finland, 6/3/2006.
Immonen, Visa 2005. Kaivauksilla Jordanian Petrassa ja Guernseyn saarella Isossa-Britanniassa
[Archaeological excavations in Petra, Jordan, and Guernsey, UK]. Turun suomenkielinen
työväenopisto. Turku, Finland, 23/11/2005.
Immonen, Visa 2005. Kalmisto ja kirkko: Keskiaikaisen uskon aineelliset jäljet Lempäälässä
[Burial ground and church: The material traces of medieval belief in Lempäälä]. Ristin tulo
Lempäälään ja kirkko eri aikoina -seminaari. Seminar at the Kanava School. Lempäälä, Finland,
24/9/2005.
Immonen, Visa 2005. Historiallisen ajan alku Suomessa – ristin ja kruunun saapuminen [The
beginning of history in Finland – The arrival of the cross and the crown]. A lecture series for
foreigners interested in Finnish culture and history. The International Meeting Point. Turku,
Finland, 10/3/2005.
Immonen, Visa 2005. Arkeologia – Mitä sillä saa? Abi-päivä 18.1.2005 [Archaeology – What it
will give you? A presentation for prospective students]. Department of Archaeology, University of
Turku, Turku, Finland, 18/1/2005.
Immonen, Visa 2004. Presentation of the PhD project. Tavaramarkkinat-seminaari. Design Musem.
Helsinki, Finland, 27/2/2004.
Immonen, Visa 2003. Hopealusikka hukassa? Löytö Kuusiston linnan raunioista [Who has lost a
silver spoon? A find from the ruins of Kuusisto Castle]. Arkeologian päivät. Kuusisto Castle,
Kaarina, Finland, 5/9/2003.
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Suominen-Kokkonen, Renja; Törmä, Minna; Immonen, Visa; Kallio, Raakel; Pettersson, Susanna;
Vakkari, Johanna & Kivirinta, Marja-Terttu 2007. Taidehistorian omakuva – Kriittisiä näkökulmia
suomalaiseen taidehistoriaan ja historioitsijoihin [A portrait of art history: Critical approaches to
the Finnish art history and historians]. Tieteen päivät, Helsinki, Finland, 10–14/1/2007.
Immonen, Visa; Seppänen, Liisa; Suhonen, Mervi and Taavitsainen, Jussi-Pekka 2002. From
village into town – changing ways of life in South-Western Finland 900–1500 AD. The conference
of Medieval Europe, Basel, 2002.
12. Scientific and societal impact of research
Total number of publications: 155.
Interviews in the public media
Lampinen, Anni 2015. Keskiaikainen Leppävirta kiinnostaisi arkeologia [Medieval Leppävirta
would interest the archaeologist [Visa Immonen]. Soisalon Seutu 1.9.2015.
Pohjola, Johanna 2015. Arkeologi jäljittää Suomen keskiajan loistoa [Archaeologist who traces the
luxury of medieval Finland]. Helsingin Sanomat 6.7.2015.
Lehto, Suvi 2015. Visa Immonen ja Suomen keskiajan arvoesineet [Visa Immonen and medieval
luxuries in Finland]. An interview on Radio Fiskars 1/7/2015.
<http://www.radiofiskars.fi/2015/07/visa-immonen-ja-suomen-keskiajan-arvoesineet/>
Ikävalko, Kari 2015. Köyhä kuin kirkonrotta? – säihkyvää ylellisyyttä löytyi myös Suomesta [Poor
as a church mouse? Glittring luxury found in Finland]. Yle Uutiset 18/6/2015.
<http://yle.fi/uutiset/koyha_kuin_kirkonrotta__saihkyvaa_ylellisyytta_loytyi_myos_suomesta/8084
912>
Pietiläinen, Jari 2014. Espoosta löytynyt keskiajan sormus kävi läpi huippusyynin – esille Weegee-
taloon [The medieval finger ring found in Espoo was under meticulous investigation – It will be
exhibited at Weegee House] Länsiväylä 29/3/2014. The same piece of news was published in the
newspapers Helsingin Uutiset and Vantaan Sanomat.
Manninen, Tuomas 2013. Sormuksen viisi tarinaa [Five stories of a finger ring]. Ilta-Sanomat
3/9/2013.
Havula, Jorma 2013. Tunkiossa totuus [The truth in a dunghill]. Sunnuntaisuomalainen 6/1/2013.
An interview on my PhD work. Kultakuume, YLE Radio 1, January 2010.
Mäkelä, Ritva 2010. Lempäälän alttariristi on yksi Suomen arvokkaimmista keskiajan
kultasepäntöistä [The altar cross of Lempäälä is one of the most valuable medieval treasures in
Finland]. Lempäälän-Vesilahden Sanomat 21/1/2010.
Kirkko ja aatelisto työllistivät kultaseppiä keskiajalla [Church and the nobility were the patrons of
goldsmiths in the Middle Ages]. Keskisuomalainen 19/1/2010.

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Kirkko ja aatelisto työllistivät kultaseppiä keskiajalla [Church and the nobility were the patrons of
goldsmiths in the Middle Ages]. Savon Sanomat, Karjalainen 18/1/2010.
Sillanpää, Timo 2010. Hopea ja kulta kiilsivät Suomen vanhoissa kirkoissa ja kartanoissa [Silver
and gold glimmered in the old churches and manors of Finland]. Etelä-Suomen Sanomat 18/1/2010.
Kirkko elätti kultaseppiä keskiajalla [The church supported goldsmiths in the Middle Ages]. YLE:n
verkkouutiset, 8 January 2010. <http://yle.fi/uutiset/kirkko_elatti_kultaseppia_keskiajalla/1355141>
An interview on my PhD work. Tv-uutiset – TV News in Finnish, YLE 2, 8/1/2010.
An interview on my PhD work. Tv-nytt – TV News in Swedish, FST 5, 8/1/2010.
Vismanen, Pirjo 2010. Hopea hohti ja kulta kiilsi keskiajan kirkoissa ja kartanoissa [Silver shone
and gold glimmered in medieval churches and manors]. Turun Sanomat 9/1/2010.
Mäkelä, Ritva 2007. Huutokaupattu alttariristi päätyi Kansallismuseoon [Auctioned altar cross
ended up in the National Museum]. Lempäälän-Vesilahden Sanomat 17/9/2007.
Moilanen, Ulla 2005. Varelia kysyy, Visa vastaa – viime kevään sijais-assistentti piinapenkissä
[Varelia asks and Visa answers – the last spring’s acting assistant getting the third degree]. Varelia
1/2005, 4–7.
Malm, Jari 2003. Punamultaa ja linnan salaperäinen hopealusikka [Red ochre and the castle’s
mysterious silver spoon]. Kaarina 10/9/2003.
Kärkkäinen, Esko 2001. Visa tuntee keskiajan puulusikat [Visa knows the medieval wooden
spoons]. Turun Sanomat 20/11/2001.

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